(New Castle, DE 19720) – On Monday, July 6, 2026, officers with the New Castle County Division of Police responded to the Clearview Manor community for a report of a stolen firearm. During the investigation, Officers identified a 17-year-old male from Wilmington as a possible suspect.

Detectives assigned to the Active Crime Trends Team responded to assist with the investigation. With assistance from the Delaware Department of Correction Probation and Parole and the Newark Police Department Street Crime Unit, Detectives located the 17-year-old in the area of 3rd Street and Delamore Place in the City of Wilmington.

As the investigation continued, Detectives developed information linking the 17-year-old to a residence in the 1600 block of West Street in Wilmington. Detectives obtained and executed a search warrant at the residence, where they recovered two firearms and took a 16-year-old male into custody.

Both juveniles were transported to New Castle County Police Headquarters.

The 17-year-old male was charged with:

• One felony count of Possession of a Firearm by a Person Under 21
• One felony count of Possession of Ammunition by a Person Under 21
• One felony count of Burglary Third Degree
• One felony count of Theft of a Firearm

The 17-year-old was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to a juvenile detention facility after failing to post $30,000 cash bail.

The 16-year-old male was charged with:

• Two felony counts of Possession of a Firearm by a Person Under 21
• Two felony counts of Possession of a Firearm by a Person Prohibited
• One felony count of Possession of Ammunition by a Person Under 21

The 16-year-old was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to a juvenile detention facility after failing to post $50,000 cash bail.

(Wilmington, DE 19802) On Monday, July 6, 2026, at approximately 5:50 p.m., patrol officers with the New Castle County Division of Police were in the area of Governor Printz Boulevard and East Lea Boulevard when they observed an individual operating an electric scooter commit a traffic violation. Officers conducted a traffic stop and identified the operator as 18-year-old Taron Pearce of Wilmington.

During the traffic stop, officers recovered a loaded 9mm handgun with an obliterated serial number, approximately 153 grams of marijuana, and a digital scale from property in Pearce’s possession.

Pearce was taken into custody without incident, transported to New Castle County Police Headquarters, and charged with:

• One felony count of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony
• One felony count of Possession with Intent to Deliver
• One felony count of Possession of a Weapon with an Obliterated Serial Number
• One felony count of Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon
• One misdemeanor count of Possession of Marijuana
• One traffic violation for the Unlawful Operation of a Motorized Scooter on a Public Highway

Pearce was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to the Howard R. Young Correctional Institution after failing to post $45,525 cash bail.

Taron Pearce – 18

(Wilmington, De. 19805)  On Saturday, July 4, 2026, at approximately 2:35 p.m., New Castle County Division of Police officers responded to the 600 block of Robinson Lane in the Maryland Park Apartment community for a report of a suspect displaying and pointing a handgun in a parking lot.

Upon arrival, Officers confirmed that the suspect had displayed the handgun before leaving the area. Officers quickly obtained a description of the suspect’s vehicle, which was located a short time later on Maryland Avenue. A traffic stop was conducted, and the driver was identified as 25-year-old Yadisha Rojas of Wilmington. During the investigation, Officers recovered a loaded 9mm handgun from the vehicle.

Rojas was taken into custody without incident and transported to New Castle County Police Headquarters, where she was charged with the following offenses:

• Three felony counts of Aggravated Menacing
• One felony count of Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony
• One felony count of Carrying a Concealed Deadly Weapon

Rojas was arraigned in Justice of the Peace Court 11 and committed to the Delores J. Baylor Women’s Correctional Institution after failing to post $65,000 secured bail.

Yadisha Rojas – 25